Kumoti opened the yamen in the prefect's mansion to try Wang Jin's case. As soon as the yamen was opened, the yamen was almost smashed by the onlookers of Chang'an people.
In addition, there are countless people who came to complain, including the exiled people who returned to Chang'an to complain after hearing that Wang Jin was brought down.
Since Wang Jin took office as the guarding general of Chang'an, more than 20 families were raided and unofficial, most of them were merchant families with no foundation, and there were also no lack of nobles of Xia who were implicated because of the defeat.
Many of the males of these families were exiled to serve in the border gates, and the female relatives were punished as low-ranking members, or they were simply sold into the official lodgings as slaves, and only a few were able to escape.
In addition, Wang Jin scoured rare treasures and recruited civilians to serve at will. The people of Chang'an were unbearable, and even fled south to Hanchuan, with thousands of families.
There are witnesses and material evidence for these crimes. Those businessmen who have been wronged and searched are indeed wronged after Kumoti’s verification. In this way, Wang Jin inciting the army to cause chaos and attempting to murder Hua Mulan are excluded. There is one more crime of "bribery and perversion of the law".
The most important thing for Wei State is population. It is a huge loss for Wei State to run away thousands of family members. Kumoti changed his face when he was in court.
Wang Jin pleaded not guilty to all the guilt, and the case could not be completed in one day. Kumoti and You Ya discussed it for a while, and first suppressed Wang Jin, and You Ya settled all the wrongful convictions over the years. Then the amnesty that should be granted, those who were punished for being low-ranking members, and those women who were sold must be redeemed.
This is a huge project, and Kumoti is in a hurry to quell the rebellion of the Qiang and Xiutu people, and he has no time to ink here. And You Ya is just obsessed with trying cases, handling cases, and understanding people's feelings. He also intends to teach his nephew You Ke, so the two of them buried their heads between the files, intending to restore the innocence of the wronged people in Chang'an.
This time, the two sides just hit it off. Tuoba Tao sent You Yalai, who is a good lawsuit, to correct wrongful convictions. Kumoti went to prepare the army, while You Ya continued to try Wang Jin's previous crimes. Injustice, it is convenient to finally convict Wang Jin.
Judging from the current charges against Wang Jin, the death penalty is definitely not escapable, it's just the difference between beheading or hanging.
The troops He Mulan escorted Helian Ding back to Beijing had been scheduled to set off in three days, until Tuobasu personally sent them to the border of Wei State. Kumoti will go straight to Bingzhou a little later to quell the Qiang rebellion between Qinzhou and Bingzhou.
On this day, a heavy snowfall suddenly fell in Chang'an, and the entire Chang'an cooled down considerably. Even He Mulan wore a cloak borrowed from Gao Shen to keep out the cold.
Yu Cui thought of Di Ziyu in prison, so she begged He Mulan to deliver clothes to Di Ziyu in prison. He Mulan hesitated for a moment and then readily agreed.
Even He Mulan couldn't have access to several felons who were being held in prison. Especially Wang Jin, Di Ziyu and others have already been handed over to Kumoti. So He Mulan just gave the clothes to the old man in the prison. Under her vicious threat, He Mulan got the promise that the other party would never enrich his own pockets, so he handed over the clothes and prepared to go back.
However, on her way back after handing over the clothes, she couldn't help but stop.
Because she heard a familiar voice.
The sound insulation in Chang'an's prison is actually not bad, otherwise so many prisoners will cry and howl every day, it will drive the prison guards crazy. But the prisoners on this floor are all important prisoners. There were only a few people. Before the Chang'an prison was added, there were turmoils. Many people had been cleaned up in the prison, and many people had died, making it even more empty and quiet. .
In this emptiness and silence, He Mulan heard Kumoti asking questions.
"Where did you take all that property?"
The so-called see no evil, hear no evil, He Mulan should have left quickly. But since she knew that there was Kumoti in the cell behind the corner, as soon as she left the corner, she would definitely be discovered by the Kumoti soldiers guarding the door.
At that time, even if she hadn't eavesdropped on anything, she wouldn't be able to tell.
More importantly, to inquire about the whereabouts of the stolen treasure, it should have been inquired in the public court, not in private in a prison where no one has stepped foot. Think more.
So she moved her footsteps slightly and hid herself in a small corner. After confirming that Wang Jin's cell was behind the stairs on the right, He Mulan cautiously touched it and put her ear against the wall. superior.
If Kumoti wants to steal these treasures, no matter how much she likes and respects him, she will expose it.
So many innocent people and businessmen in Chang'an were ruined by Wang Jin. If the money can be recovered to compensate for one or two, maybe these people will be able to spend the rest of their lives well.
But if this money is transferred to Kumoti's hands again, then Kumoti and Wang Jin are just the same kind of people after all.
He Mulan's five senses are much stronger than ordinary people's. She listened intently, and vaguely heard Wang Jin in the cell shout in a panic, "What property? I don't understand what you said!"
"You have searched for so many rare treasures, people's fat and people's ointment, but you and I have searched the prefect's mansion, but couldn't find what you looted. Many officials said that they saw with their own eyes the officials of the prefect's mansion moved the boxes into the house. After the official treasury, the officials also confirmed that this was indeed the case, but the thing disappeared, it wasn’t because you hid it, who would dare to move Chang’an’s official treasury?”
Kumoti's voice was deep and deep, as if it had its own reverberation in this cell, and it was much clearer than Wang Jin's voice.
The more He Mulan listened, the more her heart sank. If she just guessed before, and now listens to Kumoti, he is indeed looking for the whereabouts of those things.
Wang Jin squeaked, but did not speak. After a while, he suddenly asked, "My lord, if I say the whereabouts of something, for my grandmother's sake, can you spare my life?"
He Mulan held her breath.
"Wang Jin, don't do this with me!" Kumoti seemed to be suddenly angry, "Don't think I don't know where the money went, who else can your Wang family be associated with, but it's just those people That's all! You're playing with fire! If it wasn't for your mother-in-law being my aunt, why would I care about you!"
His voice was forbidding and tense: "I tell you, I can spare your life, but those who don't want you to tell the truth will not spare your life. If you don't tell me where those things go, you Just take this secret to Biluo Huangquan! I won't save you!"
"I gave it to my grandma! I gave it to my grandma!"
Wang Jin burst into tears: "My grandma won't kill me, she won't kill me! Go tell my grandma and let my grandma return those things and redeem my life!"
After a long silence, Kumoti seemed to be unable to speak any more. He Mulan's ears kept coming from Wang Jin's sobbing as if he was about to die, and he was shocked.
That Princess Duanping has her own food town and receives a lot of rewards every year, and her husband's royal family is so prominent, her husband is dead, she can be said to be in control of all the royal family's property, why use this kind of How to make money
Who is the "those people" that Kumoti refers to
"You gave it to my aunt? Not those people?"
"No, let's start, I just sent it back for my mother to keep. Later, my mother wrote me a letter, saying that xx now needs money to supervise the construction of weapons, and asked me to try to send more back, and I will send them back one after another. I did it twice. I didn't think much about it. My mother said that she would definitely come back after the year.
Wang Jin's voice was not very clear. Many of the words were pieced together by He Mulan from the next sentence. As for who asked for money to supervise the manufacture of weapons, He Mulan did not hear.
But she was sure that Kumoti must have heard it.
After another silence, He Mulan suddenly heard Wang Jin's panicked shout: "This... what is this little bottle? What are you giving me this for? I don't want it, I don't want it!"
Following his exclamation, there was a crisp landing sound, as if some jade smashed.
Messy and inexplicable voices kept coming. It seemed that Wang Jin was attacking Kumoti indiscriminately, while Kumoti was dodging. Wang Jin's voice came one after another:
"You want to kill me, don't you? You want to kill me if you don't ask for the money!"
"I knew you had bad intentions! If you wanted to save me, why would you have to go to court and try this matter in private?"
"Why on earth do you want to kill me? For the money? My grandma spoils me so much, don't kill me, my grandma will definitely give it to you! Don't kill me!"
Wang Jin's voice came later, and it was crying again. Obviously, after attacking in anger, he found that he couldn't move Kumoti at all, so he had to turn to pleading.
He Mulan had to cover her mouth with her hands to ensure that she would not exclaim.
"You idiot, what you broke just now is the secret medicine I specially found for you. As long as you take this medicine, you will be like a suspended animation. I am telling the outside world that you have committed suicide in fear of crime. I can send you out of the city. You didn't believe me and threw the medicine!"
Kumoti sneered. "I'm too lazy to care about your affairs, but I'm just the son of a cheap servant. I really think I have noble blood, and I dare to do anything against me!"
"What the eldest cousin said... Really?" Wang Jin lowered his voice, so low that He Mulan couldn't hear it.
After that, Kumoti and Wang Jin didn't know what to say. Wang Jin neither resisted nor cried. Both of them kept their voices very low. He Mulan could only occasionally hear Wang Jin's unstoppable thanks. , and a kind of lighthearted laughter of escape.
He Mulan stayed in place for a while, until her feet were numb, and she heard the sound of the prison door being opened. Then she crept back to the next floor and found the prison head who had asked Di Ziyu to deliver clothes. , pretended to ask whether the clothes were sent in, and chatted nonsense with the other party for a long time, chatting about the gossip of Chang'an.
He Mulan and the jailer drank a little wine, and after a while, she was sure that Kumoti must have left, so she took out a few small silver coins from her arms and stuffed them into the jailer's hands.
"I forgot to say hello to you earlier, so I ran back again. It's best not to let others know about the fact that I sent clothes to the Qiang people privately. Name. I am also entrusted with this matter, and I can't refuse. Brother, just do it as convenient as possible and forget about it, okay?"
The jailer got the benefits of He Mulan, of course, he was absolutely certain. As for whether he would not say it, He Mulan didn't care much.
As long as the jailer can prove that she is talking nonsense with him on this floor at this moment, the matter of handing over the clothes is really irrelevant.
***
Undoubtedly, this incident cast a heavy shadow on He Mulan's heart, and she couldn't even go out and ask what happened.
But He Mulan had already made up her mind. If there was anything wrong with Wang Jin in the future, she would definitely write a letter and send it back to Tuoba Tao, so that the Egret officials would thoroughly investigate the matter.
Because of Kumoti's status, he should not bend the law for personal gain and live up to Tuoba Tao's trust!
Because of this, He Mulan was confused and didn't sleep well all night. The next morning, Chen Jie happily rushed in to report the news:
"General General, General Na Luo is here!"
This is really a good thing, even the haze caused by the Kumoti incident was temporarily put aside by her. He Mulan almost immediately jumped up and ran out the door.
"Where? Where is Luo Hun?"
Outside the bedroom, under the corridor not far away, the person who was chatting cordially with Man Gu was not Na Luohun
He Mulan put on his shirt, shoes and socks indiscriminately, and rushed over in a few steps.
"That Luo Hun! It's only been half a year, why do I feel like it's been a long time!"
Na Luohun followed Kumoti all the way to the south. A few days ago, he was arranging for the Hu Ben army in the barracks outside Chang'an City. By yesterday, he was almost done with work, so he came to see him early in the morning.
When Na Luohun saw He Mulan, he immediately knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute. No matter how He Mulan persuaded him, he insisted on completing the salute, and then he straightened up emotionally.
"Chang Huo, you really didn't forget me! You transferred me from Montenegro to the capital, I don't know how many brothers you are envious of!" Luo Hun hugged He Mulan after he had done the master-servant ceremony. "As soon as I received your appointment letter, I immediately set off with the Hu Ben Army!"
The newly established Hu Ben Army is all carefully selected elites from the original Montenegrin army, mostly from the Central Army and the Left Army. I don't know how many generals like Na Luohun, and he has become a formal official rank. The left-back rate of the top guard, who is responsible for leading the guards, is almost a true confidant. Hua Mulan values him so much, how could he not go to Beijing immediately for him
He Mulan was naturally happy when she saw Na Luo. She raised her head and looked behind Na Luo. She couldn't help showing a disappointed expression: "Are you the only one? Why didn't General Wang come?"
Na Luohun slapped his head and took out a letter from his arms.
"General Wang didn't want to go to Beijing, so he asked me to send you a letter."
Na Luohun was illiterate, and while handing the letter to He Mulan, he said: "General Wang said that he has been at the border for a long time, and his roots are already there. Why did General Wang not come? You can tell when you see it."
He Mulan really admired that old boss. He had a noble character, and had a discerning eye and magnanimity. He Mulan was relieved that he would be the captain of the cavalry school to train troops.
Moreover, Wang Meng was already a year of no confusion this year. At his age, it was impossible for him to be promoted at the border. If he led troops to fight, he would not be able to single out those young generals who were in their prime, but he was still in danger. What he is best at is training soldiers, and in the Hu Ben army, he can also play to his greatest strengths.
But Na Luohun came, but General Wang did not come.
He Mulan tore open General Wang's letter with some sadness. She even felt a little self-sacrificing that General Wang definitely didn't trust her and didn't think she could give him a good future.
Although Montenegro was important in the past, but now that Rouran has been defeated, His Majesty is bound to withdraw his troops and return to his hometown. In the end, how many soldiers will be in the hands of General Wang is a problem. Now the Tiger Ben army is drawn from the army of Montenegro for a long time, which is the best proof.
But when she tore open the letter and began to read General Wang's letter, the sadness in her heart gradually dissipated.
Wang Meng first thanked Hua Mulan for his trust, but he was still willing to use a veteran who had his feet in the coffin, and then explained his thoughts.
Wang Meng knew that He Mulan was a rude person, and there was no delay in the whole letter, but it was like Xianbei language reconsidered into Chinese, and the language was very similar to modern vernacular. meaning.
"Today Rouran has been defeated, and the Montenegro camp will no longer be as important as it used to be. It is a foregone conclusion. Generals with backgrounds in the DPRK have applied to be transferred to other places, and those who have some money in their families are managing them. These people originally came for military exploits, but now Continue to pursue fame, and naturally leave Montenegro one after another."
"Na Luohun is still young, I persuade him to find you, but I'm already forty-three, and most of my life has passed, so I should spend the rest of my life doing something meaningful."
"The kingdom of Wei is so vast, although I often persuade young people to go out for more walks, but I have spent most of my life in Montenegro, and I have long been accustomed to the wind and sand outside the Great Wall and the desolate and majestic beauty, and I think Montenegro is the most beautiful. Now as long as I still have one soldier and one soldier under my command, I will not leave this place."
"My Healing Game"
"I have been guarding Montenegro for more than ten years, and I have a very good understanding of the frontiers. Although Rouran is defeated, it does not mean that there will be no other miscellaneous people making a comeback in the future. The military affairs of Montenegro are now deserted, and people's hearts are in turmoil. If I wait for the veteran to find another high branch, then It is my honor and my responsibility to exchange the rest of my life for the children of Montenegro to stick to this place.”
"So, although Pingcheng is good, it's not what I want. I will die of old age in Montenegro, and I hope you will always remember Montenegro and stick to your own Montenegro. Sima Wangmeng, the guardian of Montenegro, respectfully."
He Mulan held the letter, her eyes were a little wet.
"General Wang... You don't want to go back to the Central Plains?"
"Chang Huo, you don't know the current situation in Montenegro."
Na Luohun returned to Montenegro as soon as he finished his vacation. He was different from Adan Zhiqi, whose left hand was crippled. Adan Zhiqi had already received a reward, and he had also received a large piece of land. It was already his own to be a Tian Sheweng in the rest of his life. ending. And Na Luohun is a martial artist, and naturally hopes to continue to make contributions, so when he returns to Montenegro, he can't help but feel some resentment in his heart.
He said with a sullen face: "After Rouran was destroyed by the Great Khan, a large number of Rouran and Gaoche people poured into Monan. Your Majesty set up a pasture in Monan and let these people graze here. The border of Montenegro was originally inaccessible. , there are people everywhere. Now there is no war, the soldiers of Montenegro have also abandoned their military affairs, and the soldiers who have nothing to do often have friction with the Rouran people who are grazing. The general was transferred back to Pingcheng, and the new general of Montenegro again Without taking office, the entire Montenegro relies on several town army generals to preside over…”
He Mulan nodded.
"General Kumoti will go north after the spring. Montenegro has become so chaotic in just half a year. When I see him, I must let him know."
"Hey, now everyone in Montenegro wants to transfer out, and even the Rouran people don't call, what's the use of asking for Montenegro? Now there are rumors everywhere in Montenegro that His Majesty will withdraw the Montenegrin camp and merge the Montenegrin soldiers into the six towns. , so when the general came, it was a chance to get promoted, and it would be promoted again soon. Those who used to think about making a fortune in the battlefield are now drunk in the city of Montenegro. Returning home is the most painful thing in the world.”
Naro shook his head.
"There are also General Wang who decided not to leave, and ordered his subordinates to continue training every day. They always said that it was common for Rouran people to rebel, and Gaoche people did not distinguish between high and low, and there would also be a lot of incidents. Going south, we must continue to practice day and night, but very few people listened to it. Some of the soldiers in the army said that if General Wang and the others preached like this, they would provoke the relationship between Wei and the surrendered ministers. As time went by, General Wang and others could not even talk. A lot less, let alone talk like before."
Chen Jie and Man Gu both showed blank expressions.
"Don't even say anything? I used to point at General Xia's nose and scold it all right!"
"Hey, if it wasn't for General Xia to be around, the Right Army wouldn't know what the chaos would be like. The Left Army and the Central Army still have a place to go. It's not like you didn't know that our Right Army was born in poverty, and where there is money someone can be transferred out. , the complaints are the most."
Na Luo Hun didn't seem to have thought that after the battle, it became like this, and he couldn't help sighing.
"Hey, Montenegro, it's not that Montenegro anymore. In a few years, I still don't know what it will look like."
He Mulan's two experiences were closely related to Montenegro. The wind and wolf howls in the desert seemed to be still in her ears. She would never forget the wild horses outside the Great Wall that made her fortune, and the days when she and her compatriots chased down the Rouran people. .
"No, Montenegro is still there." He Mulan clenched the letter in her hand and said in a trembling voice, "As long as the Montenegro in our hearts does not fall, the Montenegrin Camp will always be there."
Quite silent. He is similar to Wang Meng. He has been in Montenegro for countless years. Like Wang Meng, he has almost no time to think about starting a family and starting a business in order to defend against the Rouran people.
For Wang Meng, every soldier in the Heishan Right Army is his child. He takes care of them like his own children and nephews, answering their questions and providing help.
"I'm bored in my heart, go out and relax."
Mangu suffocated his voice and dropped a sentence, then turned around and left.
Chen Jie was probably also sad in his heart, but when Luo Hun saw that the atmosphere in the room was not very good, he immediately regretted: "Today we meet again, we should be happy, but it's my fault that makes everyone uncomfortable."
He Mulan always respected everyone's choice, not to mention General Wang's persistence was the reason why she respected him so much, and she also hoped that Montenegro would be well, so even though she still had doubts about Kumoti in her heart, she still faced Naro. Hun said:
"Na Luohun, about Montenegro, when you and General Kumoti came together, did you report it?"
Naro shook his head.
"I'm just a lieutenant who has not yet joined the army, how can I get close to the general? There are several junior generals in the former Chinese army in the Hu Ben army, and they were all summoned by General Kumoti and asked if there was anything to say about Montenegro. , then I don't know."
"is that so… "
He Mulansi ordered for a while, then nodded.
"I know. I met him today and I mentioned it a little bit."
As soon as He Mulan finished speaking, he saw Gai Wu hurriedly running into the courtyard, followed by a few Lu Shuihu people.
Gai Wu was rarely so flustered. He Mulan took a closer look and saw that he was coming from the direction of the former ya, and it was even more strange: "Gai Wu, what are you running for?"
"Master, Wang Jin is dead!"
Gai Wu looked like he had seen a ghost.
"I choked to death this morning!"
"what?"
He Mulan was dumbfounded.
"Choke to death?"
"Yes, there was a mess in the yamen before the morning. You Shijun and the princes all went to see it. It was Wang Jin himself who died, and Zuzuo was indeed choked to death."
Gai Wu ran all the way, gasping for words. "General, will the people think that we are cheating? King Chang Shan said that he would parade the corpse through the streets, but King Yingchuan said that the evidence of the crime has not yet been conclusive and strongly objected, and the two have already fought!"
He Mulan was about to go forward immediately after hearing the words, but stopped after thinking about it.
She is different from Tuoba Su and Tuoba Ti. She is neither the envoy to investigate the case, nor the person in charge of guarding the case. She has no position to say anything about how Wang Jin should be convicted and how to deal with his death.
On the contrary, the high-level captain of Chang'an Zhenshu can participate in this matter justifiably.
King Yingchuan and King Changshan didn't quarrel, and You Ya didn't have the heart to decide the case. The day was almost a mess.
Tuobasu seemed to think it was strange that Wang Jin choked to death, so he hurriedly wrote a letter and sent it to the capital, and sent Gao Shen to lead the guards to guard Wang Jin's body, even Kumoti was not allowed to approach.
Kumoti didn't go to see Wang Jin's body again, but left the prefect's mansion and went to the Yingyang army camp outside the city. It seemed that he was angry with Tuobasu in the daytime and didn't want to care about it anymore.
I only have pity on the other deputy envoy, You Ya, while trying to solve the mess that Wang Jin left behind, but also knowing that the dead person cannot be convicted.
***
"General Hua, what are you doing here..."
Gao Shen led He Mulan, who came alone, to the righteous room of the mortuary, and couldn't help asking curiously.
"I heard that you have the ability to open mysteries, but you won't..."
Gao Shen began to think about it.
He Mulan was amused by the profound and strange expression and tone of voice, and shook his head again and again: "No, I'm just curious about the cause of Wang Jin's death, come and see."
When it comes to autopsy, her skills are second to none in the world.
Gao Shen's expression immediately became strange: "What's so good about a corpse, it's been a day since the brothers were dead, and none of the brothers want to go in and guard it. General Hua, it's reasonable to not allow idle people to wait in, although you're not an outsider, you'd better watch it right away. Come out, otherwise it will be discovered by King Changshan, and it will be difficult for us to do it."
"I understand, don't worry."
After He Mulan agreed to Gao Shen, he was brought into the righteous room by Gao Shen. Gao Shen did not enter the door, he only guarded the door in person, and ordered several guards not to tell the story of Hua Mulan's visit.
After a while, He Mulan came out with a confused look on her face.
"What, General Hua, what's wrong?"
Gao Shen froze in his heart, "Could it be that Wang Jin is not dead? No, the corpses are frozen!"
He Mulan shook his head even more strangely.
"No, everything is right. Wang Jin died, and indeed choked to death. He must have swallowed his own belt buckle or other hard object, and his whole face turned blue. He must have died of suffocation."
The question is, how did he really die!